NOTICE OF APPLICATION RECEIVED UNDER THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989
Pursuant to Section 33 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, notice is given that an application has been received from Consolidated Alloys, 32 Industrial Avenue, Thomastown, Victoria 3074. The application relates to the export of up to 120 metric tonnes of solder dross to Hydrometal S.A., Zoning Industriele D’Ehein, 83390 Engis in Belgium for recovery operations R4, namely the “Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds”.
The waste will be packed in lidded drums, stacked on pallets and loaded in shipping containers. The waste will then be transported by road from the Consolidated Alloys facility to the Australian port of Melbourne. The waste will depart by ship from the port of Melbourne, and transit the ports of Singapore, the Suez Canal in Egypt and Rotterdam in the Netherlands on its voyage to the port of Antwerp in Belgium. From there, the waste will be transported by road to the recovery facility.
The transboundary movement would take place in one shipment during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
14 December 2012